Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

HK are saving the government facilities for Wuhan repatriations, everyone else is tagged and has to isolate at home. There is a debate at the government level about repurposing hotels but that’s not happened yet.

Close contacts of known cases also get the ‘holiday camps’

For an idea of the facilities and remoteness look at Lady MacLehose Holiday Village https://g.co/kgs/UvjPR1

The pound is in free fall.

Perhaps our government is not handling this well.

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Woohoo, fist pump.

People going on cruises may find themselves unable to leave the ship as their money will be so worthless in ports that they won’t be able to afford a coffee.

1. My fist trip to the USA. $1.05 to the pound. It will get there and worse.
   

For TwoTents and hats

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Ah yes, it was the holiday camps I was thinking of.

One of the hotels being used here is a love hotel!

Yay for me maybe? I earn RMB. Oh but all my investments are GBP. Fuckity fuck.

That’s ok if you will realise investments in the UK. For now it means that your savings are amplified when you buy sterling assets.

Any idea why the pound is in free fall? Would currency traders have information that we don’t or just a panic sell off?

Must be even worse in Norway then.

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The UK's lack of industry means our recovery is likely to be slower than those countries who will have the types of trade that will be beneficial during a global slowdown and immediately after. Is my take on it.

The ECB announced their own £750B stimulus last night which will send markets in a tizzy again this morning.

Surely announcing we won’t amend the Brexit bill stuff makes no deal more likely...?
Reaction to that at this point when it was priced in?

It wasn't really an announcement. Boris had no choice but to answer the question like that, he needs the support of all his MPs right now.

If ever there was a time to try a no deal Brexit, now would be it.

AUD is doing worse :(

I don't know.

I can't see the erg pushing for it at this time.

Question to the masses:
In an alternate reality would Prime Minister Corbyn have handled this better or worse and why?

Me neither but I could see them saying no to an extension.

Worse.
Unfortunately, this kind of situation needs both a "strong" leader seen capable of making decisions alone and tough ones. And someone who unites everyone.

Then they run the risk of being seen as the cunts they are.

Can someone define continuous cough?

More than one a minute for an hour?